| 单词 | bandleader |
| 例句 | The bandleader had told him if he learned to blow right away he could march in the band the very next Saturday. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The bandleader at his school had given him one lesson already, and he had a little book to look at. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked at me as if we were onstage, and she was the bandleader, giving me my cue. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Especially,” said Charles, “when the batty bandleader is a disingenuous and mendacious charlatan.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The album also includes an early appearance from Ray Barretto, who would become one of salsa’s most renowned congueros and bandleaders. 10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Its bandleader, Larry Kirwan, recently announced that, after 25 years of solid niche popularity and regular national touring, the group will disband in the fall after releasing one more album. Pop & Rock Listings for March 14-20 2014-03-13T22:48:22Z And with at least one composition from each member of the quintet, “Magnetic” holds to Mr. Blanchard’s recent custom as a bandleader. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z “With most pieces, I don’t try to dictate how to play the song unless it’s another bandleader. I just like people to take whatever I write and make it their own.” In the Cookers, collective centuries of heat 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z He also drew on shared regional identity, enlisting two prominent guitarists who also hail from the Philadelphia area: Kevin Eubanks, the former “Tonight Show” bandleader, and Mr. Rosenwinkel, who joins him here. Jazz Listings for Nov. 18-24 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Before Colbert asked Batiste to be his bandleader, he invited him to his office for a talk. Getting Ready to Jam with Colbert 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z There’s a charming intimacy to much of this album, which Jon Batiste made on the side during his first year as bandleader for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Are You Listenin’? New Holiday Albums From Sarah McLachlan and Others 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z In recent years, the guitarist-for-hire has morphed into a bandleader in her own right in Deep Sea Diver. Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson goes all-in on guitar 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z She’s justifying the role of bassist as bandleader, starting the tunes, pushing the band, delivering clean, strong rhythm and melody. New Music: New Albums by John Mayer, Haley Reinhart and Linda Oh 2012-05-21T22:24:29Z “It’s extremely important to tell your story in a way that doesn’t have any tainting or tampering,” said Jeremy Pelt, one of today’s top trumpeters, composers and bandleaders, in a phone interview. Louis Armstrong’s Last Laugh 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z With over 60 albums as bandleader and countless others as a sideman, and more than 2,220 recording sessions to his credit, Carter has long let his music do the talking. At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Though Davis's schooling in the fast-paced, aggressive bebop of the 1940s proved essential, it is his subsequent work as bandleader for which he is primarily remembered. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Even then — and typical of the misfortune that followed throughout his life — his name was not on the record: Credit was given to his bandleader at the time, Lionel Hampton. Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88 The intrinsic part has to do with the decade-long experience of his trio, the Bandwagon, and his attendant growth as a bandleader. New From Roots, Travie McCoy, Jason Moran and Nina Nastasia 2010-06-20T23:48:00Z In early summer, he looked to the world around him; he listened to West African records he had come to know, especially those of Fela Kuti, the great Nigerian singer and bandleader. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Colbert’s desk area is larger, and is elevated two steps, and he’s within spitting distance of his bandleader, Jon Batiste. Stephen Colbert’s Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z She sang bluntly about sex on her own terms, demanding satisfaction with feral yowls and rasps, her voice slicing across the grooves that she wrote and honed as her own bandleader and producer. Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z With 11 nominations, the composer and bandleader Jon Batiste leads all artists. What’s on TV This Week: ‘How to Survive a Pandemic’ and the Grammy Awards 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z More than 250 items belonging to the pianist, songwriter and bandleader are headed for auction. Duke Ellington's suits, piano and other belongings are heading for auction 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Now we’re focusing on Thelonious Monk, the innovative pianist and bandleader whose angular melodies and dissonant chords made him stand out among his peers in the bebop era. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Thelonious Monk 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z As a live bandleader, I have sometimes been on thin ice, when I’ve tried to find the words to explain something that I wanted when I couldn’t play it myself. Bonnie Raitt Heads to the Grammys, Recognized as a Songwriter at Last 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z No one seemed to be enjoying that more than the 77-year-old bandleader himself. Herbie Hancock stretches out and enjoys the jams at Kennedy Center 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Aside from Charles Mingus and Oscar Pettiford, bassists weren’t seen as bandleaders; being able to carry out his own vision was a rebellious act. At 85, the Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Still Seeks ‘A Better Order of Notes’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Peacock played around Europe often, with her own bands and with Bill Bruford, the star drummer and bandleader. Annette Peacock Has Been Improvising Music for 7 Decades. Her Life, Too. 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z For whatever reason, it’s less likely you know him as a bandleader, though he has a handful of albums to his name. Music Review: Horn Player?s Many Lights Under a Bushel No Longer 2011-03-16T22:13:36Z But Mr. Tyner’s legacy must also include his sensitive playing on ballads, and his strengths as a composer and bandleader. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z And he quite often credits a lot of that to his longtime bandleader and second banana, Paul Schaffer. David Letterman recalls one of his favorite 'Late Show' moments 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Tactically speaking, this was recognizably the territory of the Argentine bandleader Guillermo Klein, who presides over Bienestan as its resident composer and arranger. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z As with many bands, Mr. Hart’s contributions as a drummer were not as visible as Mr. Mould’s, the more obvious bandleader. Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü Drummer and Singer, Dies at 56 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z And he’s putting his idiosyncratic skills to good use as bandleader on “The Late Late Show,” serving up improvisational banter with guests and sparking comedic chemistry with new host James Corden. Reggie Watts, the weirdest guy on late night TV: How “The Late Late Show” bandleader is redefining the sidekick role 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He joined the prominent Cuban bandleader Machito, then — after a stint in the Navy — formed his own band. Bringing Tito Puente’s Fire to a New Generation 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z After all, bongo punctuations and various satiric percussive pops border on Spike Jones, the wacky 1950s bandleader. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla brings her magic back to the Bowl 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The backwards boy who couldn’t hand over so much as a howdy became a confident front man and a bandleader’s bandleader. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z Desi's rise — musician turned bandleader turned actor turned cofounder of a production company with a hit TV show costarring him — was objectively impressive, but for the senior Arnazes it wasn't enough. Being Desi Arnaz: The "flawed genius" that "Being the Ricardos" doesn’t show – or see 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z THE bassist and bandleader Mike Watt, who once played in the great Southern California punk band the Minutemen and now spends half his life on the road with five different groups, turned 53 in December. Music: The Midlife Thing, the Nightmare Thing 2011-02-24T21:48:04Z The record is both a refinement of Ms. Davis’s strengths as composer and bandleader, and an expansion on them. Kris Davis, a Pianist Fighting for Fringe Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Rodgers is one of the great pop bandleaders — an antecedent in many ways for the Roots’s Questlove. Review: Movable Roots Jam Brings a Philadelphia Festival to New York 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The group was discovered by bandleader Johnny Otis, and their song, renamed "The Wallflower," topped R&B charts in 1955. Blues singer Etta James dies at 73 2012-01-21T01:55:50Z Since his arrival in the 1980s as a member of the Young Lions scene, Blanchard has become one of jazz’s most effortlessly flexible trumpeters and inquisitive bandleaders. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z James Last, the internationally renowned German bandleader whose music was considered staggeringly accessible even by the standards of easy listening, died on Tuesday at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 86. James Last, Bandleader Known for ‘Happy Sound,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Chick Corea, the ebullient and eternally youthful pianist, bandleader and composer, turned 70 this year. Critic?s Notebook: Chick Corea, Jazz Chameleon, in All His Colors 2011-10-31T22:28:02Z It’s the most accomplished statement Ms. Halvorson has made as a composer, her strongest turn as bandleader and a standout jazz release of the year. Mary Halvorson on Guitar: Unflinching and Full of Grace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Tabu Ley Rochereau, a Congolese singer, songwriter and bandleader whose music spread across Africa and the world, died on Nov. 30 in Brussels. Tabu Ley Rochereau Dies; Spread the Sound of Soukous 2013-12-07T23:23:21Z She was America’s favorite redhead, he was her glamorous bandleader husband, and they were adored by millions. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z They're well recorded – they had some of the top producers, bandleaders and musicians working on them back in the day. What this man's learned from holding the UK's longest-running pub music quiz 2010-12-09T16:25:00Z “Manifold,” a new album from the rising bandleader Ben van Gelder, celebrates the voice. Meshell Ndegeocello’s Magnificent Mix, and 9 More New Songs 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z But she soon put her career on hold at the request of her husband, the trumpeter and bandleader Harry James. Louise Tobin, Jazz Vocalist Who Put Her Career on Hold, Dies at 104 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z One evening, writes Olivia Williams in her thorough and entertaining “The Secret Life of the Savoy,” a bomb exploded right outside the hotel, and “threw bandleader Carroll Gibbons off the stage at dinner.” The History of a Palatial Hotel and Its Famous Guests, From Kings and Spies to Presidents and Poets 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Salgán remained active as a composer, pianist and bandleader, working with the major figures of his day. Horacio Salgán, Argentine tango composer and musical pathbreaker, dies at 100 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “Let’s do ‘China Boy’!” the bandleader announced from his chair, and the band started up the 1922 tune. Built on Steel, Pittsburgh Now Thrives on Culture 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Jackson said he first heard Love play at the Manhattan Club with bandleader Willie Mitchell’s band. Wayne Jackson, trumpeter of the Memphis Horns, dies at 74 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He recorded close to 90 albums as a bandleader or co-leader. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z A companion piece to her recent first holiday album, the stately and reverent “My Gift,” Underwood’s special finds her fronting an orchestra led by the former “Tonight Show” bandleader Rickey Minor. Mariah! Dolly! Carrie! 2020 Can’t Quarantine This Cheer 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Stripped to the waist, Seun looks more like a soccer star than a bandleader. Quick Hits: Afrobeat sensation Seun Kuti performs live 2011-08-27T16:01:00Z Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and bandleader who was one of the most popular and influential jazz musicians of the 1950s and ’60s, died on Wednesday at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Butterfield answered the question, “Can a white man play the blues?” not just with his own excellence but with his dedication to racial equality as a bandleader. Review: Paul Butterfield’s Story Is Told in ‘Horn From the Heart’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The American R&B artist and bandleader Leon Russell came to the rescue, assembling a musical commune. ‘Learning to Live Together’ Review: Remaking a Once-in-a-Lifetime Band 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The bandleader also denounced the term “jazz” — rather, he said, the album was black music, pure and unfiltered. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Mellencamp has been known to call in a song by cellphone, leaving it to the show’s bandleader and musical transcriber to put notes on a page. Stephen King and John Mellencamp?s ?Ghost Brothers? Musical 2012-04-01T04:17:15Z He later served as a musician and arranger for a succession of prominent tango orchestras, including one headed by the bandleader Miguel Caló. Horacio Salgán, Argentine tango composer and musical pathbreaker, dies at 100 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z It seemed like that initial wink freed him up to embody this theatrical character of “Bruce Springsteen,” a slightly different construct than the hard-charging bandleader he’s playing in concert. Springsteen on Broadway: Showing Us How Many Lives We Contain 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Ushers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music fought a brief, losing battle against concertgoers surging into the aisle to dance when the Senegalese singer and bandleader Youssou N’Dour performed there on Friday night. Youssou N’Dour Performs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z As a teenager, he played drums in a championship New Jersey high school ensemble under the direction of a relentless bandleader. Jazz films explore the hell and joy of musical perfection 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Colbert introduced him as the new “Late Show” bandleader in an online video. Colbert Picks Jon Batiste as 'Late Show' Bandleader 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z During “Burn,” the bandleader arranged kinetic motifs for strings, percussion and bass clarinet alongside chattering vocal pyrotechnics — all while fostering a paradoxical sense of ease. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Connick, the singer, actor and bandleader, will play Dr. Mark Bruckner, a psychiatrist pining for his dead wife. ArtsBeat: 'On a Clear Day' Now Has One to Open 2011-06-29T16:30:13Z “It’s about time!” shot back Mr. Palmieri, the indomitable Latin bandleader and pianist, puckishly noting his age as 26, half a century younger than he is. Music Review: Eddie Palmieri’s Retrospective at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-12-17T05:06:51Z At its idealistic peak, as in recent large-ensemble works by the composer and bandleader Anthony Braxton, improvisation can represent a vision of collaborative democracy. Music Review: Jazz Meets Classical at the Miller Theater 2010-07-25T23:55:00Z Mr. Foster had a varied and highly regarded career as a bandleader, notably with his Loud Minority Big Band, and he was sought after as an arranger for large ensembles. Frank Foster, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer and Arranger, Dies at 82 2011-07-27T03:26:25Z But he hasn’t totally cracked the code as a bandleader, a role that upstart musicians these days are expected to fill. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z And after the award, Arcade Fire’s bandleader, Win Butler, announced, “We’re gonna go play another song ’cause we like music,” and plunged into “Ready to Start,” with the lyrics “Businessmen, they drink my blood.” Critic?s Notebook: A Mix of Genres and Generations 2011-02-14T06:00:05Z He’s a virtuoso whose musicianship is complete within itself, almost orchestral; he barely needs anyone or anything else, a bandleader or body of song, to carry out his vision. New Music: Grace Woodroofe, Tim McGraw, Richard Galliano - Review 2012-01-23T23:00:11Z The bandleader’s method was to ensure that he “tailor made” each individual part for the musician he was writing for, Mr. Allen said. Earth Couldn’t Contain Sun Ra’s Ideas. His Arkestra Is Still Exploring Them. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z One of the winners, the New York City songwriter and bandleader Tess, was a dynamic belter, whipping up dramatic rock vignettes in an early afternoon set. Critic’s Notebook: Afro-Punk at Commodore Park in Brooklyn 2012-08-27T21:48:59Z Since the release of his 2015 album, “In the Moment,” McCraven, a drummer, has become one of improvised music’s vanguard bandleaders. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z He started taking piano lessons when he was 4, and at 6 appeared with the orchestra of the popular bandleader Harry James. Larry Butler, Producer for Kenny Rogers, Dies at 69 2012-01-24T23:52:41Z No one is taking the news of pop superstar Prince’s death than Roots bandleader Questlove. “I can’t f*cking breathe right now”: Questlove’s devastation at Prince’s death 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Oh hi, George Jon Batiste, a 28 year old from New Orleans is the new Late Show bandleader. Stephen Colbert's The Late Show debut premieres tonight - live updates! 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z He was a widely respected bandleader, working either with a trio or with the group he called Wingspan, after the title of his second album. Mulgrew Miller, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 57 2013-05-29T16:06:23Z Among Yiddish mambo’s most exuberant exponents was Irving Fields, a pianist, bandleader, arranger and songwriter who made a winning contribution to the genre with his 1959 album “Bagels and Bongos.” Irving Fields, bandleader who fed postwar mania for Yiddish mambo, dies at 101 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z A 29-year-old pianist and bandleader of increasing renown, Sands is aligned with jazz’s straight-ahead mainstream, but he’s got an unbounded inquisitive instinct. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Her mother, Jean Stewart, was a musician and bandleader who played multiple instruments but was especially known for her accordion skills. Elizabeth Stewart, Champion of Scotland’s Folk Music, Dies at 83 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z He also made his own albums as a bandleader, for CTI and other labels. Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z At 52, he has become a torchbearer for that style, and an encouraging bandleader besides. Fall Pop Music Preview: An Abundance of Rhythms and Styles 2013-09-09T16:03:09Z A National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, Brackeen appears here with Okegwo, a stalwart upright bassist who has accompanied some of jazz’s finest bandleaders. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Among the most important bandleaders of the 20th century, Tito Puente achieved fame onstage at the Palladium Ballroom in Manhattan in the 1950s, then brought Afro-Latin music to a global audience. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z This month, we focus on Ornette Coleman, the iconoclastic saxophonist and bandleader whose style prioritized atonal chords over traditional rhythm and harmony, which helped establish the subgenre of free jazz in the late 1950s. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Washington went on to study at UCLA, where he was mentored by revered bandleader Gerald Wilson, who asked him to join his band when he was just 19. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic' Besides, the bandleader's own agenda soon cools the sergeant's eagerness. 'Mr. Kill': Butting heads with injustice 2011-12-01T21:48:03Z He's dug in really deep and invested a tremendous amount of time not only to his playing but to his craft, as a composer, a bandleader. Seattle area again well represented in Essentially Ellington jazz contest 2010-05-07T05:14:00Z Suggesting another possibility, Mr. Letterman said that next month, he and Paul Shaffer, his longtime bandleader and sidekick, “will be debuting our new act at Caesars Palace with our white tigers.” Closing Out a Late-Night Era, Letterman Goes for Laughs Instead of Tears 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z At this concert, the founding bandleader Dorado Schmitt will pass the All-Stars’ mantle to his sons Samson and Amati, who are both guitarists. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z "It's just not like someone inherited some money and they built a building," said San Francisco bassist, jazz composer and bandleader Marcus Shelby. SFJazz Center opens, bringing swing to West Coast 2013-01-24T12:01:06Z Throughout our conversations, Granduciel — seemingly aware of his reputation as a sovereign bandleader, and perhaps eager to decenter himself — pointedly called out the contributions of his various collaborators. The War on Drugs Can’t Stop Searching for Answers in the Music 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Besides his work with Webb and Fitzgerald, he wrote arrangements for other bandleaders, including Goodman and Cab Calloway. Van Alexander, songwriter and prolific TV music arranger, dies at 100 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z With Spiritualized, Mr. Pierce stepped forward as a bandleader and wrapped clearer song structures around his sonic maelstroms. Jason Pierce Struggled to Make a New Spiritualized Album. And He May Do It Again. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Despite health problems, Ms. Jarvis continued to perform and record into the 21st century, both as a bandleader and with the Statesmen of Jazz, an ensemble consisting mostly of musicians over 65. 2010-01-30T06:09:00Z The sound, backed by walls of horns and tightly guided by bandleader Roth, was propelled by Jones’ grit and ferocity. Singer Sharon Jones Dies at 60 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z He’s touring under his own name, backed by an attentive and hard-rocking quintet that looked to their charismatic bandleader for all cues on what songs to play and how to play them. Jack White, a rock star with few peers, plays his catalogue full of hits And it can only be a good thing that his touring cohort includes the Levon Helm Band — whose namesake bandleader recently resumed singing, in his high Arkansas yowl. Pop Critics? Choices for Summer Concerts 2010-07-01T22:43:00Z The drummer Charles Goold and his band are hard-charging on “Sequence of Events,” the opening track to his debut album as a bandleader, “Rhythm in Contrast.” Florence + the Machine’s Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z It is also the animating magic behind the work of Allen Toussaint, the New Orleans-based songwriter, pianist, and bandleader who passed away earlier this month, at the age of seventy-seven, while on tour in Madrid. The True Gladness of Allen Toussaint 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Throughout the album, Thomas’s dazzling presence across the entire keyboard gives the quartet much of its depth; he’s on his way to becoming a prominent bandleader in his own right. On ‘The 7th Hand,’ Immanuel Wilkins Sees Jazz as an Escape Pod 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z A few days earlier, over cappuccino at a cafe in nearby Carroll Gardens, Mr. Argue ran through all the large-ensemble shows featuring young bandleaders taking place that week. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Donny McCaslin, a saxophonist and bandleader, came to the city 30 years ago and worked the club trenches for years, learning on his feet and making a living gig by gig. Jazz Lives in Clubs. The Pandemic Is Threatening Its Future. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z With his departure, late-night television loses one of its last practicing sidekicks, further shrinking the ranks of a once ubiquitous role whose duties have either been parceled out to bandleaders or disappeared altogether. You Won’t Have Andy Richter to Sidekick Around Anymore 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z "It was really love at first sight," ?uestlove, the Roots' bandleader, explained to Billboard. Elvis Costello goes hip-hop and records new album with the Roots 2013-01-23T12:57:12Z “The bass player pulls the whole groove forward,” Mr. Brooks, himself a bandleader, explains. Television Review: ?Cab Calloway: Sketches? on PBS 2012-02-25T00:16:11Z While still a teenager he was taken under the wing of Mr. Mitchell, then known as a trumpeter and bandleader with a sophisticated style and a contract with Hi Records. Teenie Hodges, Soul Guitarist and Songwriter, Dies at 68 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Messianic bandleader Ziggy Stardust was one of several personas he adopted. Ziggy Stardust spot marked with heritage plaque 2012-03-27T17:17:20Z As a bandleader, I try to pass on the same family values that I grew up with: help people, hang on to your sense of humour, be tolerant and keep your judgments to yourself. Jools Holland: My family values 2012-06-01T23:05:12Z The longtime residence of the famed jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, it is a midcentury interior design treasure hidden behind a modest brick exterior. Secret No More: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies Satchmo’s Vision 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Johnny Otis, the musician, bandleader, songwriter, impresario, disc jockey and talent scout who was often called “the godfather of rhythm and blues,” died on Tuesday at his home in Altadena, Calif. He was 90. Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues Musician, Dies at 90 2012-01-20T01:42:36Z An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of the bandleader on “Late Night With David Letterman.” The Comedy Master Who Hasn’t Gotten Her Due: Elayne Boosler 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z With Secret Society, his 18-piece ensemble, the composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue makes music with a metallic and alkaline bite, often drawing on political inspirations. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Zorn, a celebrated composer, improviser and bandleader, is among New York’s foremost community builders, having stitched together an impressive range of friends and peers into an estimable aesthetic bloc. Music Review: Fred Frith Brings a Week’s Worth of Variety to the Stone 2013-08-29T20:38:08Z He said that the bandleaders are independent contractors, and that it makes more sense for them to pay into the pension fund on behalf of their employees rather than the clubs. Jazz Musicians Campaign for Pensions 2011-12-12T23:19:31Z For Mr. Pérez, the connection between music and community was taught early, by his father, Danilo Sr., a bandleader and educator, he said during a tour of the foundation on Friday. Danilo Pérez Builds a Magnet for Musicians in Panama 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z As a bandleader he prefers soft direction, presenting loose guidelines and then letting the chips fall. Music Review: The Bill McHenry Quartet at the Village Vanguard 2012-03-21T21:12:12Z Monk, the son of Thelonious Monk, is a hard-bop drummer of bounce and persistence, and a bandleader of conviction. Jazz Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Here are two young improvising musicians and bandleaders to watch: Gray is a drummer with a busy, pattering style leavened by his awareness of space and dimension. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The shrewd business sense he accumulated over the years — even as a teen bandleader — kept him on the cutting edge of the growing and ever-diversifying Latin music scene. How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z And for jazz fans, the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens is a meticulously preserved time capsule of the trumpeter and bandleader’s former home. Gowns, Puppets and Sharks: 8 Cultural Sights to See This Winter 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Chucho Valdés, the eminent Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer, carries himself with a sly balance of statesmanlike deliberation and youthful gusto. Chucho Valdés, the Pianist, Reflects on Irakere and His Career 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “The new center will bring a lot of focus to the scene,” said Marcus Shelby, the renowned Bay Area bassist and bandleader. Arts: Sleepy Jazz Scene Shows Signs of Awakening 2010-05-16T01:58:00Z Or like this set: full of suspense and dramatic tension, and wise, abrupt solos by this bandleader on alto saxophone and flute. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z “Duke is the best storyteller that jazz has ever had,” says Berger, a jazz composer, arranger and bandleader. Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Under the union’s proposal the owners of the clubs would make a contribution for every musician they hire — both bandleaders and sidemen — whether they are vested in the pension or not. Jazz Musicians Campaign for Pensions 2011-12-12T23:19:31Z The programming also includes concerts by bandleaders presenting new works, retrospectives, or re-arrangements of classic repertory. Accent on Singing in Coming Jazz at Lincoln Center Season 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Aimlessly touring the country as a solo act in 1969, Green shared a bill with Mitchell at a Texas nightclub and eventually followed the bandleader and producer back to Memphis. Al Green, the soul legend and Kennedy Center honoree, is still tired of being alone He didn’t speak, which left Mr. Miller and Ms. Rodriguez in charge of introductions, and they were deferential, too, both to the repertory and to the bandleader. Music Review: Bill Frisell and Friends Play Venerable Country Tunes 2014-01-19T22:08:32Z Now we’re putting the spotlight on Sun Ra, the experimental pianist, organist and bandleader whose idiosyncratic blend of jazz imagined life on other planets. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In the early ’70s, the bandleader James “Plunky” Branch spent time as an activist, learning more about the struggles of black people worldwide, not just in the United States. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z A National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, he’s always stoked ambitions as a bandleader, too, and they’re borne out with particular splendor in his big band. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z But it was in the second half of his life that Mr. Motian found himself as a composer and a bandleader, and his own work took off. Paul Motian, Jazz Drummer, Is Dead at 80 2011-11-22T18:11:38Z Listen for the moment Eddie Daye of the Four Bars opens his mouth on “Grief By Day, Grief By Night” and see if you can’t hear the bandleader holding the cosmos in his yawning basso. Perspective | With ‘R&B in DC 1940-1960,’ historian Jay Bruder reacquaints us with the sounds of a vanished Washington 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z You’ve been an example for a lot of younger performers as a woman who is indisputably the bandleader. Bonnie Raitt Heads to the Grammys, Recognized as a Songwriter at Last 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z One of jazz's most respected pianists, Allen's been a major creative force for nearly 30 years, both as a bandleader and collaborative muse to jazz giants such as Ornette Coleman, Charles Lloyd and Betty Carter. Pianist Geri Allen brings her Tribute to Eric Dolphy to Seattle's Jazz Alley 2010-09-16T22:22:00Z “Ima Ima” is the new album from this impressive violinist and bandleader, and her fourth with the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Throughout his life, Armstrong remained a genial bandleader, taking groups overseas to spread jazz and goodwill to international audiences — an establishment role that didn't always sit well with black activists during the civil rights era. Dr. John infuses Louis Armstrong tribute album with 'Spirit of Satch' 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, her judgment as a bandleader and an arranger is apparent in her own playing, which includes improvisation; brief, precise hockets between her guitar and the quartet provide a sense of liftoff during “Flying Song.” 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z On Friday Mr. Brown opens a new chapter, releasing “Nyeusi,” his debut album as a bandleader. Justin Brown Is a Monster on Drums. Now He’s a Bandleader, Too. 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Now 54, the singer, bandleader and occasional rapper and D.J. has traversed most corners of the pop musical universe over her nearly four-decade long career. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Liberace is the “bandleader,” the breadwinner, the man of the house. Cross Cuts: The Hard Work in ‘Before Midnight,’ Amour’ and Other Films and Shows 2013-06-19T15:15:49Z Dobson, who has played guitar on the road for Beck, the Shins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Conor Oberst, has morphed into a bandleader in her own right in Seattle-based quartet Deep Sea Diver. Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson goes all-in on guitar 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Naturally, it was one of the factors that led to his role as bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” which makes its debut on CBS on Tuesday. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z From the early 1960s forward, Mr. Tyner also was one of jazz’s most respected bandleaders. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z He grew up in Hoboken, dropped out of high school and then, after working an odd job or two, scored a recording contract with bandleader Harry James. Why Frank Sinatra still matters 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z One hallmark of Mr. O’Farrill’s style as a bandleader is the drive to collaborate, and he elicits mostly excellent work from his artist coalition. ‘Cuba: The Conversation Continues’ and ‘Live in Cuba’ Expand a Musical Dialogue 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z She began in music in the late 1950s as a wide-eyed teenager in St. Louis, admiring the R&B bandleader Ike Turner and hoping to sing for him. ‘Tina’ Review: A Music Icon Looks Back With Grace 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Like a capable bandleader or stage illusionist, Mr. Chazelle knows how to structure a set, to slacken the pace at times in order to build toward a big finish. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In the Bakersfield hard-country scene of the 1960s Buck Owens was clearly the boss: bandleader, singer, songwriter, publisher, celebrity. Boxed Sets of CDs and DVDs for 2012; Critics’ Picks 2012-11-22T21:24:13Z As a bandleader, this 83-year-old National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master encourages his combo to embrace an open, freewheeling approach to post-bop. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Jon Batiste, the bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” has the most nominations, with 11. Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and Billie Eilish to Perform at Grammys 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z I've never been able to explain the role of a bandleader or how I recruit musicians. 'Catalyst bands': What do you mean, you've never heard of them? 2011-07-21T21:01:01Z “But, in ‘Soul,’ we can actually hear Dorothea’s virtuosity as both a saxophonist and as a bandleader.” Why Is It So Hard to Show Black Women’s Musical Genius Onscreen? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Little Benny, who was a great bandleader, came out, and they had more of a conservative suit-and-vest look — white pants, yellow vest. ‘Go Go Live’: An oral history of the genre’s biggest night 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Television had stuck by bandleader Guy Lombardo for New Year's long after his shelf life was over, and viewers needed something new. Dick Clark's biggest impact was personal 2012-04-19T01:46:07Z No such effort was needed during an opening set by Michael Mwenso, a singer and bandleader affiliated with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and given to an unabashedly stagy pep. Review: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Subtly Recalls Its Inspiration 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z But the pianist didn’t release an album as a bandleader during his lifetime — and in fact, only ever appeared on that one studio album — making him more of a jazz-world footnote than a household name. The Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lone Album Arrives, 56 Years Later 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z In a phone interview earlier this week, bandleader Thomas Lauderdale said the symphony connection came as a natural move. Pink Martini arrives in Seattle with plenty of fizz 2010-04-15T20:30:00Z Joel wrapped up with one of his biggest hits, "You May Be Right," which Big Shot bandleader Michael DelGuidice blended with Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." Billy Joel makes surprise appearance at tribute band show 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Recalling his lifelong relationship with Holiday’s music, Mr. James said he had set out to broadcast her importance “as an activist, and a feminist and a bandleader.” José James Celebrates Billie Holiday at the Blue Note 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Johnson was a Philadelphia musician, bandleader and composer during the 1800s and was the first published black composer of sheet music. Rhiannon Giddens, Francis Johnson to get Americana award 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Early in his career, he was a regular at the Village Vanguard as a member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra — but this weekend he’s making his overdue debut there as a bandleader. Jazz Listings for Nov. 13-19 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Jim McNeely, the pianist and composer, mentored Mr. Argue and a slew of other rising bandleaders during his years at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, a sort of finishing school for young composers. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Rather than a bandleader, Dylan is a benign creative vampire, sucking the life force from his musical colleagues, the first with no equals, then and now. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The bandleader often cheers the comedian’s nightly monologue from the piano, appears in segments and accompanies the musical guests. Meet Jon Batiste, new Grammy winner with plenty going on 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Chick Corea, the pioneering keyboardist and bandleader who died on Tuesday at 79, will be forever regarded as a crucial architect of jazz-rock fusion. Chick Corea: Hear 12 Essential Performances 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The longer he swam, the more he thought about the Channel’s history, World War II’s Battle of Britain in the skies above, how bandleader Glenn Miller died in a Channel plane crash. How this 64-year-old lawyer broke a world record swimming the English Channel 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The musical director is Riley Mulherkar, a smart young trumpeter, and the focus is on Holiday’s unimpeachable work in the 1930s, with bandleaders like Count Basie and Artie Shaw. Jazz Listings for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z She has also started to make her mark as a bandleader and composer, with albums on Mr. Douglas’s Greenleaf Music. Jazz Listings for March 11-17 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Today his large orchestra performs in a slightly more traditional style, but it still embraces the diverse repertoire that he’s amassed over nearly 60 years as a bandleader. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z She managed to convince the bandleader to gather a few of the guys and work on her material. Rachel Brown’s Uncanny Voice 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Chance is mostly the focus, as it should be; he's equally skillful as a rapper, singer and bandleader. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Modest, offhand, wry: These are not words you typically use when describing a bandleader. Ethan Lipton?s ?No Place to Go,? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-12T21:44:22Z “She is a strong and inspiring bandleader, a brilliant soloist with a unique, often quirky approach and a beautiful guitar tone that reaches back to tradition,” he wrote in an email this week. Mary Halvorson on Guitar: Unflinching and Full of Grace 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z If the festival’s paradigm is family, the Philadelphia-based Sun Ra Arkestra would seem to represent the original family, long after the death of Sun Ra, its pianist, composer and bandleader, in 1993. Review: The Vision Festival Gives Experimental Jazz a Big Hug 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z So his talents as a bandleader should come as no surprise. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He said the clubs generally hire bandleaders, who in turn employ side musicians. Jazz Musicians Campaign for Pensions 2011-12-12T23:19:31Z Batiste left his gig as bandleader of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in August to focus on his other work. Jon Batiste to headline Biden’s first state dinner, serenade Macron 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Zevon was one of Letterman’s favorite musicians and even filled in for Paul Shaffer as bandleader when he was on vacation. “Enjoy every sandwich”: David Letterman’s most heartbreaking show ever 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z While growing up in East St. Louis in the 1970s and early ’80s, Gunn — the trumpeter, composer and bandleader — had always felt that truth already, in a way he links to ancestral memory. Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The Jazz Gallery, a nonprofit club 10 blocks north of Union Square, has combined the Bradley’s legacy with a dedication to bringing forward new works by progressive young bandleaders, and it’s become an essential hub. Where Jazz Lives Now 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z She also proved herself as a musician: songwriter, singer, keyboardist and bandleader. Straddling the Border, Eccentrically 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z A titanic, Teutonic Mantovani, Mr. Last was among the most commercially successful bandleaders of the postwar world. James Last, Bandleader Known for ‘Happy Sound,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Frustrated with her slow career growth in New York in the 1950s, she joined Swedish bandleader Rolf Ericson on a European tour. Ernestine Anderson, Grammy-nominated jazz singer, dies at 87 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Oh hi, George Jon Batiste, a 28 year old from New Orleans is the new Late Show bandleader. Stephen Colbert's The Late Show debut premieres tonight - live updates! 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The colorful Canadian bandleader was really two sidekicks in one: an Ed McMahon—Doc Severinsen hybrid with the talent to back up A-list guest musicians and the ability to banter with Dave as an equal. David Letterman's Top 10 Sidekicks and Guest Stars 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z James Reese Europe was arguably the most important American bandleader in the years just before jazz became a national craze. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z More than almost any other musician today, the tenor saxophonist and serial bandleader Shabaka Hutchings has helped drive a new and real interest in jazz among younger listeners. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Jon Batiste, the musician and bandleader for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” began the event by improvising on a melodica. ‘A Catharsis Sculpture’: An Artist Makes a Monument to Cancer Survivors 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z For Stew, the singer/songwriter/bandleader who won a Tony in 2008 for the book of his maiden theatrical effort, “Passing Strange,” the music is always the play, and vice versa. What’s New for Stew? A Blues Fable Told in Story and Song 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z As a bandleader and as a singer, Mr. Elling doesn’t lose control, ever. Music Review: Pivoting From Patter to Poetry 2011-03-03T21:46:39Z For decades, record companies and bandleaders flocked there to hire mambo and salsa performers, who congregated in the store, according to the National Park Service, which lists it on the National Register of Historic Places. Trip Tips: Latin Americans infuse New York with Hispanic culture 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s not just that they’re the bandleaders and the composers; they’re also the content providers, the song finders, the place setters. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z He moved to Georgia, became a bandleader for Otis Redding and performed with a variety of artists, including Little Richard, Ben King, Ruth Brown and Little Johnnie Taylor. Blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies in Fla. wreck 2011-02-28T14:44:11Z This makes him a pervasive but subtle presence on the scene: a consummate accompanist, not particularly known as a bandleader. Music Review: At Jazz Standard, Steve Cardenas?s Flinty Spine 2010-06-02T21:55:00Z The bandleader typically writes out the basic structure of each piece, but “that’s just the first step,” he said. Shabaka and the Ancestors Are Making Their Own Jazz History 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z These were questions that also concerned free jazz bandleader Sun Ra. Readers recommend: songs about space ? results 2011-08-18T14:35:12Z But according to bandleader “Big Tony” Fisher, the band hasn’t been as busy. How long can go-go keep going? 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Now 77, he remains defined by his sideman work, though his ambitious works as a bandleader and composer has helped connect anarchic avant-gardism with a vast historical family of music from America, Europe and Africa. Jazz Giants Dave Burrell and Archie Shepp Retrace Their Five-Decade History 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z It just wouldn’t feel right for us,” said bandleader Dan Reynolds, who will be honored Thursday night at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York. Crafting a hit: How many songwriters does it take? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z That guildlike process, by which young musicians absorb invaluable lessons from their elders, was then famously being upheld by bandleaders like Blakey, a volcano of a drummer, and Betty Carter, a spitfire of a singer. Pop: Jazz and Its Changing Apprenticeship Systems 2012-07-20T17:21:28Z That episode will also include a performance by Mr. Colbert’s bandleader, Jon Batiste, and his group, Stay Human, as well as some undisclosed “special guests.” Stephen Colbert Announces Guest Lineup for First Week 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z This openness is at odds with Cave’s reputation as a prickly, wild-eyed, indefatigable bandleader, armed with the verve of a hellfire-spitting preacher. The Brutality and Tenderness of Nick Cave’s Newsletters 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Midway through Angelique Kidjo's joyous, insistent concert as part of the annual Grand Performances series in downtown Los Angeles, the Benin-born singer and bandleader paused to address the thousands surrounding her. Angelique Kidjo delivers urgent, resonant joy to California Plaza 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Monk is more than a bandleader and a soloist. The Best of Thelonious Monk 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z At 38, Sean Lennon is already deep into a long and idiosyncratic career in pop music, following his creative whims as singer, sideman, bandleader and producer. Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl share 'an invisible problem' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Questlove, bandleader of the Roots, seemed to be at peace with that idea last summer when he told Time magazine, “We as black people have to come to grips that hip-hop is a contagious culture.” White echoes: Rap, race and Iggy Azalea 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Bynum, a cornetist, composer, bandleader and former student of Mr. Braxton’s at Wesleyan University, took a moment to describe the cues and signals that would further convolute the interpretation of the piece. The Tri-Centric Festival Honors Anthony Braxton 2011-10-04T21:19:10Z Mr. Morgan doesn’t usually perform as a bandleader, but at iBeam, he played a solo set that lasted close to an hour before joining the Emi Makabe Quartet for the night’s latter portion. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Linde is involved in a lot of it, as a bandleader, an explorer of lesser-known repertories and a kind of scholarly organizer. Music Review: Underwater Ghost Brings a Plus-One to Brooklyn 2014-03-14T22:06:40Z When the week was over, the bandleader Will Osborne, whose orchestra famously included unusually many trombones and slide trumpets, offered him a contract, and they headed east. Jim Copp, the Forgotten Virtuoso of Children’s Storytelling 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Sometimes emerging bandleaders need framing, contrast and challenge. Review: Logan Richardson’s ‘Shift’ Serves as a Challenge 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Given her skill at live looping and solo concertizing, it’s a treat to hear her in bandleader mode. 5 Classical Music Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z We drank rum at a bar dedicated to the late Compay Segundo, a venerated bandleader seen in the popular documentary on Cuban music, “The Buena Vista Social Club.” Cultural Cuba: an arts tourist’s notebook 2014-02-06T00:49:23Z She was 18 when she met Ike Turner in East St. Louis when he was the 26-year-old bandleader of Kings of Rhythm. Simply the best: Tina Turner has died but leaves a legacy of endurance and resurgence 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He was modest and unassuming, but he was terribly disorganised and a chaotic bandleader. Purple hazer: the many lives of Gil Evans 2012-11-07T18:07:54Z The former LCD Soundsystem bandleader is writing music for a new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. James Murphy to score Harold Pinter's Betrayal on Broadway 2013-06-20T10:39:46Z Carrington’s new album, “Waiting Game,” pulls together the various aspects of her identity: as organizer, educator, social justice advocate, drummer, composer and bandleader. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z She traveled to New York and met a new community of musicians, like the drummer Antonio Sánchez and the Snarky Puppy bandleader Michael League. Silvana Estrada Arrives With a Devastating Album About Heartbreak 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z By the early ’60s Mr. Silver’s quintet was one of the most popular nightclub and concert attractions in jazz, and an inspiration for countless other bandleaders. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Below are 11 memorable recordings, from his work as an accompanist and a bandleader. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z My friend Chuck Prophet recently shared with me Jim Dickinson’s take on the subject: “I wouldn’t wish the job of bandleader on my worst enemy.” Runnin’ down a dream with Tom Petty: His childhood abuse, his relationship with Stevie Nicks and his short, wacky run with Gary Busey 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Given that Mr. Shorter is a living totem for both of these bandleaders, it made sense that they would rekindle that tribute, on their own time and in their own fashion. Music Review: Sound Prints at the Village Vanguard 2012-11-30T23:43:30Z That led him to watch “The Glenn Miller Story,” a 1954 film that featured Stewart as the “In the Mood” bandleader of the title. Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The drummer and bandleader Questlove was relaxed yet intricate, a model of flexibility and charm. Music Review: Putting Ballads Aside for Soul That?s More Soothing Than Sweaty 2010-09-24T22:07:00Z Onstage, the bandleader and composer Darcy James Argue stood silently in his three-piece suit and fedora, a Joseph Cotten silhouette at the center of a round platform designed to resemble a clock face. Review: ‘Real Enemies,’ at the BAM Harvey Theater, Sheds Light on Conspiracies 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The challenge for him, at least as a bandleader, revolves around emotional expressiveness, along with the issue of purpose. Music Review: Ralph Alessi in a Quartet at the Jazz Standard 2010-08-15T23:13:00Z He was like a jazz bandleader, egging on the orchestra, interacting with the players and offering the unbelievable impression that he was making it up on the spot. L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, he showed versatility and a workmanlike skill that was widely admired by music publishers and many of the last century’s biggest pop singers and bandleaders. Ervin Drake, songwriter of ‘It Was a Very Good Year,’ dies at 95 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Pearson's career took off in the 1960s as his talents were sought as an arranger, composer, recording artist and television bandleader. Johnny Pearson obituary 2011-04-06T17:52:35Z Big Chess, bandleader of the Big Chess DC Music Group, knows his band’s reputation isn’t as big as Rare Essence’s, but that hasn’t stopped him from dreaming big about Tuesday’s nominee announcement. Grammy night is coming — and go-go music finally has a shot 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z About four years ago, Mr. McCaslin made a hard turn toward groove as a bandleader, enlisting the other members of the quartet, who have their own separate histories together. On David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar,’ Turning to Jazz for Inspiration 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Akinmusire has a strong aesthetic compass, and as a bandleader, he keeps a steady hand on the wheel; he’s not just stumbling into the album’s shadowy and unsettled mood. New Music: Albums From Aloe Blacc, Sara Evans and Ambrose Akinmusire 2014-03-10T20:57:47Z He wrote and recorded thousands of songs, and as a bandleader and arranger he widely expanded the sound of soukous, infusing it with both local African rhythms and elements of international pop. Tabu Ley Rochereau Dies; Spread the Sound of Soukous 2013-12-07T23:23:21Z First the Colbeard, now the bandleader: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is quickly taking shape. Stephen Colbert introduces Jon Batiste as 'Late Show' bandleader 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to hear echoes of another Argentine composer, the pianist and bandleader Guillermo Klein, but Mr. Giraudo’s music has its own character. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The bandleader Vince Giordano said that when he dialed the number, he figured it was little more than a Hail Mary pass. Cole Porter’s Lost Show Unearthed 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z In mid-September 2021, the saxophonist and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin was driving home from a performance in Cleveland when her car slid off the highway, careened through a wooded area and flipped into a drainage ditch. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z At some point on almost every track, Lamar insists on conceiving of his voice as the instrument of a bandleader, bound only theoretically by meter and key. Kendrick Lamar’s Latest Restless Innovation 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z The current popularity of the white network host-Black bandleader pairing evokes the sentimental racial politics of the buddy cop genre of an earlier era. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z He did a turn as a singer on a 1976 album tribute to western swing bandleader Bob Wills. Buddy Emmons, innovator on pedal steel guitar, dies at 78 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Russell, who died on Saturday at 74, certainly had more visible and consequential moments in his career — as a songwriter, a bandleader and a singer. Leon Russell, From Rising to Resurgent 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z But Willis also led a distinguished — if less prominent — career as a bandleader, recording close to two dozen albums and assembling a thick book of original compositions. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z "It was incredible," Smith, a former Saturday Night Live bandleader, recalled last week. Sony to release new DVD/CD of legendary Bob Dylan tribute concert 2014-03-03T17:24:10Z Still, that pause hardly slowed the onrushing momentum that Mr. Washington, a commandingly charismatic tenor saxophonist and bandleader, has gathered since the release of his momentous debut, “The Epic.” For Kamasi Washington, It’s About Keeping an Open Mind 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z But her music also has a soft and prayerful side, beautifully captured on “O, Sun” from March, one of three albums she’s releasing this year as a bandleader. For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z But he wasn’t a bandleader and didn’t tour. Music Review: Moacir Santos?s Music at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2010-05-31T23:28:00Z On Saturday, he heads a 10-piece ensemble in a tribute to the military bandleader and African-American musical pioneer James Reese Europe. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Bob Belden, a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and record producer who was both a historian of the music and a force in moving it forward, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z When Brooks was a bandleader, his music always took on an Afrocentric slant. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z For the sessions, the pianist enlisted Pope, the bassist Art Davis and the drummer Kalil Madi, and the ensemble holed up in a New York hotel, working to grasp the bandleader’s new compositions. The Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lone Album Arrives, 56 Years Later 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Instead, the festival organizers did the brave thing, putting their faith in where jazz is now: they booked a lot of bandleaders in their 20s or 30s. Critic?s Notebook: Returning to Newport, Encountering Jazz?s Present 2011-08-08T18:25:03Z While the bandleaders were relatively tight-lipped, they expressed genuine surprise at the size and intensity of the crowd. Jungle’s retro sounds hit the sweet spot at Black Cat Certainly he was on the way to a formidable career, one that included more than 30 recordings as a bandleader, numerous others as a sideman and countless concerts. Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Maybe Mr. Morgan quickens the sensibilities of the musicians around him, or maybe he ends up working with bandleaders whose sensibilities were already quickened enough to hire him. Thomas Morgan’s New Trio Plays at Seeds 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z And when he’s not doing that, he’s sitting in on gigs with the “Late Night” music crew as its bandleader. The "Saturday Night Live" star machine is alive and well 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z MGM chief Louis B. Mayer heard the bandleader sing “Poor Butterfly” on radio and ordered a screen test. Romantic Crooner Tony Martin Dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:54:56Z MGM chief Louis B. Mayer heard the bandleader sing "Poor Butterfly" on radio and ordered a screen test. Romantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:01:05Z "We have a slightly unusual situation that we're dealing with quietly," bandleader Glen Hansard told the crowd a few songs in. Review: Lucinda Williams ruled No Depression fest with swagger, fury, presence 2010-08-22T20:21:00Z The bandleader Kay Kyser, the vocal harmony group the Four Vagabonds and others recorded the hit song, whose lyrics included these: Mary Keefe, Model for Rockwell’s ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ Dies at 92 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z There will also be five weeklong artistic director residencies, in which selected bandleaders will be given a greater degree of programming power and the freedom to present multimedia works. ArtsBeat: McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea to Open SFJazz Center 2012-09-13T21:00:38Z Henry Threadgill, who on Monday was awarded this year’s Pulitzer Prize for music, is a composer and bandleader of intense, unyielding originality, nobody’s idea of a compromise. At Last, a Box Henry Threadgill Fits Nicely Into: Pulitzer Winner 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Despite having new music to promote, the prolific bandleader typically performs songs he first made famous while in the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z After Berklee, Fujii returned to Japan for a time, working as a teacher and session musician while developing a reputation in Tokyo as a farseeing bandleader. Satoko Fujii, a Pianist Who Finds Music Hidden in the Details of Life 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z He learned early from his competitive father, a successful bandleader, who told him that “music was something to be treated with respect.” Review | Paul Simon: The musical genius who gave voice to the sound of silence 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The record proves that Harland — who’s known for bringing a nonchalant but busybodied drum style to bands led by Dave Holland and Charles Lloyd — only continues to grow as a composer and bandleader. The Playlist: Kane Brown Confronts Gun Violence, and 12 More New Songs 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z And after singing with many of her era’s top bandleaders — Artie Shaw, Harry James, Jimmy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden — she outlasted their era. Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of ‘Bésame Mucho,’ Dies at 94 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It would be hard to find a more concise distillation of his priorities as a bandleader. Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z Asher Gamedze is a young drummer quickly rising on the Cape Town scene, but he’s more than that too: a poet, bandleader, composer, visual artist. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z He led the so-called “ghost band,” which performed the music of the popular 1940s bandleader, for eight years before settling in Florida. Buddy DeFranco, jazz clarinetist whose career lasted more than 70 years, dies at 91 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z He was a bandleader whose resourcefulness was matched only by his restlessness. Music: Miles Davis Reissue, ?Live in Europe 1967? 2011-09-09T16:30:32Z Fortner, in short, approached his “Discovery” showcase not as a pianist but as a bandleader. Pianist Sullivan Fortner and ensemble at Kennedy Center 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The legacy he helped build with bandleader Bill Monroe, guitarist Lester Flatt and the rest of the Blue Grass Boys was evident all around Nashville, where he died in an area hospital. Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs dies at age 88 2012-03-29T12:12:14Z He joined a band after high school, then sang with Lionel Hampton's band, leaving in the early 1950s to form his own group and later joining bandleader Spike Jones. 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' saxophonist Gil Bernal dies 2011-07-27T14:22:07Z Joe Cuba The bandleader and conga player Joe Cuba, who died last year at the age of 78, made fearlessly welcoming records. 2010-02-06T03:47:00Z Mr. Letterman’s desk area was small, and elevated one step above stage level, where his bandleader, Paul Shaffer, performed. Stephen Colbert’s Shiny New Home on Broadway Reflects Its Past 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Soon Mr. Harlow, a Brooklyn-born Jew, was fusing those and other influences into a career as a major figure in salsa, as a pianist, bandleader, songwriter and producer. Larry Harlow, Influential Figure in Salsa, Dies at 82 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z It is her strongest statement as a bandleader and her most dauntless effort as a pianist. For Mara Rosenbloom, Piano as a Remedy and a Force in Jazz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z The quartet that Shorter assembled around the turn of the new millennium was his first attempt as a bandleader to revisit and expand upon the all-things-must-explode m.o. of Davis’s 1960s quintet. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z This virtuoso vocalist, composer and unofficial musical anthropologist debuted “Ogresse” — the darkly humorous, fantastical suite she wrote with the composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue — one year ago at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z His debut recording as a bandleader on Blue Note, "Dialogue," was released in 1965. Brilliant, inventive jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson dies 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Should Sawyer emerge from the final four this weekend, it would certainly be a step up from the busking and coffee shop open mics the folk-rock bandleader was relegated to before turning 21. MoPOP’s Sound Off! helps young Northwest musicians get their start 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z For years, he owned Crescent City nightclubs in which he held court as the bandleader, featured performer and raconteur. Pete Fountain, who kept Dixieland swinging in New Orleans, dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The precocious son of Greek-American bandleader Johnny Otis, Shuggie released two remarkable albums as a young man in the early 1970s. Shuggie Otis – review 2012-11-21T14:04:27Z The two went through a couple of different bits together during the run-through, an indication that showrunners hope to involve the bandleader more in the show itself. Who is the real Stephen Colbert? An early peek at his Late Show 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The change follows some grumbling in the classical world about last year’s nomination of Jon Batiste — the jazz bandleader and TV personality who won album of the year — for the contemporary composition prize. The Grammys Have a New Award: Songwriter of the Year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Over the next 17 years, she became known as one of the most respected musicians in Los Angeles, though she had trouble finding acceptance as a bandleader. Terri Lyne Carrington on the Power of Betting on Yourself 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In 1967, after an audition with Mr. Brown’s bandleader Pee Wee Ellis, Ms. Whitney was hired. Marva Whitney, 68, Singer in the James Brown Revue 2013-01-01T02:02:15Z The bandleader Dave Bartholomew hired him as an arranger for Imperial Records, where he worked with artists like Fats Domino and Earl King and recorded with his own band, Wardell and the Sultans. Wardell Quezergue, Hitmaker of New Orleans R&B, Dies at 81 2011-09-08T04:45:29Z His father, a musician and bandleader, died when he was 4, and he was raised by his mother, a ballet dancer. George Kennedy, Versatile Actor Who Won an Oscar for ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “I still managed to play somewhat muted jazz in my apartment,” he writes, “and was in demand by bandleaders to write more arrangements.” The Jewish Trumpeter Who Entertained Nazis to Survive the Holocaust 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “But the personalities of the songwriters, who are bandleaders on their own, push through.” What’s on TV Friday 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Nelson is one of the most extraordinary musicians in jazz who isn’t particularly well known as a bandleader; about half the time he owns this band, through Mr. Motian’s cooperation. Music Review: School?s in Session, but Don?t You Dare Take Notes 2011-05-20T03:02:48Z But Mr. Glasper, an outspoken keyboardist and bandleader, has become the movement’s figurehead. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In his own right he remains one of jazz’s more sedulous bandleaders, and later this year, he’ll release a new album with his Captain Black Big Band. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z DJ, producer, author, film director, podcast host and, of course, drummer and bandleader for seminal hip-hop crew the Roots, Questlove has beyond a doubt proved his credentials as one of today’s foremost music experts. Review | Questlove puts his obsessive music expertise on full display 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Patrick Jarenwattananon of NPR’s jazz blog remarked on Twitter that a third of the bandleaders in this festival are around 30 or younger. ArtsBeat: At Newport, Rain Rules the Day 2011-08-07T22:20:30Z Mr. Reed, a judicious drummer and bandleader from Chicago, naturally fit into that rubric with his current band. Review: A Jazzfest Marathon With Protest at Its Heart 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z But when she first surfaced in America in the 1960s, on the arm of the bandleader Xavier Cugat, the press reported a birth date as far back as 1941. The Brilliance of Charo 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z She was doing just that when bandleader Johnny Otis found her singing on San Francisco street corners with some girlfriends in the early 1950s. Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif. 2012-01-20T16:40:14Z Besides, there’s a bigger yardstick for Mr. Batiste and Mr. Colbert: Paul Shaffer’s landmark run as bandleader and sidekick to David Letterman, on two groundbreaking late-night shows. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z With this foundation, and the work of a few inspired bandleaders, including several Armenians, a jazz scene began to take shape in Addis over the next decades. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Collier, the bandleader and bassist, sadly died last year. Old music: The Graham Collier Sextet – Lullaby for a Lonely Child 2012-06-18T08:37:56Z The daytime band had been led by Joe Brazil, a saxophonist and prominent bandleader on the Seattle jazz scene, who died in 2008. What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Roney made nearly 20 albums as a bandleader, including three for Warner Bros. at the peak of the Young Lions era, all grounded in his unshakable linguistic command and his appetite for harmonic adventure. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z His most memorable collaboration happened early in his career, after he had landed a job arranging for the drummer and bandleader Chick Webb when he was just 19. Van Alexander, Composer of ‘A-Tisket, A-Tasket,’ Dies at 100 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Her grandfather was a Mexican bandleader, and her father had serenaded her mother with Mexican folk songs in a beautiful baritone. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z A show at UW is logical—bandleader and bassist Luke Bergman is an artist in residence at the school’s music department. Your week in Seattle music: Chromeo, Big K.R.I.T. and more 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z From the time he hit the scene alongside Coltrane, Mr. Tyner was sought by some of the finest young bandleaders, particularly on the Blue Note Records roster. McCoy Tyner’s Essential Recordings: Listen to 11 Tracks 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Generosity is a core part of Mr. Washington’s mission as a bandleader. Review: Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down Are Blowing Through Town 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z He wasn’t a new teen idol but a familiar type: the bandleader. The Startling Blast of “Rock Around the Clock,” Sixty Years Later 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z He ultimately wanted a hybrid: to be a bandleader but also to be in a band. Runnin’ down a dream with Tom Petty: His childhood abuse, his relationship with Stevie Nicks and his short, wacky run with Gary Busey 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z As a bandleader and record maker, he often looked for ways to connect the jazz tradition to other energies. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Crump is most recognized for his work alongside the pianist Vijay Iyer, but he is also a quietly industrious bandleader, with a range of his own projects. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Based in Chicago, Austin was also a frequent bandleader at some of the Harlem Renaissance’s most famous venues. 10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Never one to rest on his laurels, Metheny's new album exists in dramatic contrast with his earlier work, where he often acted as bandleader. Guitar virtuoso Pat Metheny steps away from improv on tightly plotted, inventive "Road to the Sun" 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z A drummer and bandleader drawn to exuberant gestures, he has held fast to a value system that prizes simplicity and sincerity, rugged effort and sturdy design. New Music: A Great Big World and Linnea Olsson Release Albums 2014-01-20T23:07:13Z Beyond that, he’s a composer in several idioms, a bandleader for groups of many sizes, and a setter of texts to music. Music Review: Unconscious Lessons of a Jazzman 2011-05-09T22:19:36Z All four of these bandleaders appeared as sidemen on Mr. Washington’s album, and each has his own approach to retrofitting the jazz tradition. Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z As a pianist and bandleader, Mr. Smith was known for strong left-hand bass lines, splashy right hand and forceful backbeat. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Bonzie, a songwriter and bandleader from Chicago, was gentler — often folky at first — but just as steely in songs that charted trust and tension. Critic’s Notebook: South by Southwest Festival Starts to Feel Corporate 2014-03-16T22:44:49Z He soon branched out to arranging, working not just with Mingus but also with a host of musical luminaries including the saxophonist Lee Konitz and the arranger and bandleader Quincy Jones. Sy Johnson, Arranger Who Worked Closely With Mingus, Dies at 92 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Buatta would tell you that his father, a bandleader, could never figure out just what his son did for a living. The Death of Chintz 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The song was recorded last February by Pink Martini bandleader Thomas Lauderdale for the Portland, Ore., collective's next album. Pink Martini releases Diller recording of 'Smile' 2012-08-22T00:46:04Z The Latin jazz compositions he performs with his Jass Syncopators draw overtly on the influences of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, as well as a handful of mid-20th-century Cuban bandleaders. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z His approach on the set was like that of a jazz bandleader seeking to harness and ride raw inspiration, to capture lightning in a bottle—a framework that dared his cast toward spontaneity and serendipity. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z It's one of several properly rousing moments presided over by a bandleader who even manages to turn a relatively left-field cover of Frightened Rabbit's The Modern Leper into a stirring communal caterwaul. Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls – review 2013-04-21T16:20:05Z “We’ve been without work for over 18 months now,” Big Sam Williams, a trombonist and bandleader, said in a phone interview from his home in the Gentilly neighborhood. A Pandemic, Then a Hurricane, Brings New Orleans Musicians ‘to Their Knees’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z For those watching closely, this tenor saxophonist — who plays with a wary tone and folds bubbling rhythms into his molten improvisational flow — appeared poised for an illustrious career as a bandleader. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Though he’s more of a classicist than a jazzman, he’s recruited to Shanghai to become bandleader for the popular Kansas City Kings. ‘Night in Shanghai’: star-crossed lovers in a glittering city 2014-03-12T20:39:27Z Are you as dictatorial a bandleader as your father? Seun Kuti: The sun always shines 2011-04-07T20:49:00Z Jon Batiste, the New Orleans jazz scion and late-night bandleader who won album of the year, delivered a performance that channeled second-line funk, classic soul and just the faintest touch of hip-hop. At the Grammys, the Young Succeed Most When They Seem Old 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Still, Paul Shaffer, who has been Mr. Letterman’s bandleader and sidekick throughout “Late Night” and “Late Show,” said he had gone through a wide range of emotions in this past year. No. 10: How to Leave ‘Late Show With David Letterman’; No. 9: What’s Next? 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Born in Jamaica, and raised in Alabama, Kirkland was a bandleader for Otis Redding. Blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies in Fla. wreck 2011-02-28T13:16:04Z But as bandleader, you know, that is where he learned how to be the most powerful. Prince’s genius, through the Revolution’s ears: “He took the best bits of Beethoven, the Beatles and James Brown” 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Watt's father was jazz bandleader Tommy Watt, so he understands the ambivalent relationship his own children have with their parents' music. Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt: Everything but the grief 2010-05-26T20:45:00Z He was a toddler when his father, a bandleader, died. George Kennedy, Oscar-winning character actor of ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z He graduated from the District’s old Armstrong High School — the alma mater of pianist and jazz bandleader Duke Ellington. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Palmieri’s 12-piece group is at its core a dance band, but it’s also an improviser’s paradise — expert at cutting open swaths of terrain in support of brilliant, idiosyncratic soloists, like the bandleader himself. The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The group is expected to perform its current single, “Family Tree,” with Questlove, the drummer and bandleader in the show’s house band, sitting in for Mr. Followill. Drummer's Injury Sidelines Kings of Leon 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The bassist Derrick Hodge has been a key catalyst in the recent convergence between jazz and R&B, notably as a member of the Robert Glasper Experiment, and as Maxwell’s bandleader on tour. The Playlist: Thundercat Unplugs, Young M.A. Gets Remixed 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z During the same period, he became the touring bandleader for the Chakachas, a Belgian studio group whose “Jungle Fever” sold over a million copies in the U.S. How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Watt, the bassist and bandleader, on his reflective new album, “Hyphenated-Man.” ArtsBeat: Arts & Leisure Preview: Glenn Ligon, Mike Watt, Gore Verbinski and More 2011-02-25T20:56:21Z An accomplished producer and bandleader in Japan, Kubota spent just a few years in the early 1970s playing with the Rallizes, which by the usual measures of rock success barely made a blip. Unraveling One of Rock’s Deepest Mysteries: Les Rallizes Dénudés 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Generally, each piece improved significantly as it unfolded, suggesting that music director Hall needs to hold a firmer rein as bandleader – right from the opening downbeat. New Orleans singer Stephanie Jordan thrives with Chicago Jazz Ensemble 2011-02-19T16:43:00Z Leon Russell, the longhaired, scratchy-voiced pianist, guitarist, songwriter and bandleader who moved from playing countless recording sessions to making hits on his own, died on Sunday in Nashville. Leon Russell, Hit Maker and Musicians’ Musician, Dies at 74 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z After the release of the Los Angeles bandleader’s aptly-titled 2015 triple album, “The Epic,” Washington quickly became a full-fledged media phenomenon. Review | How the Internet transformed contemporary jazz 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Corden, bandleader Reggie Watts and the rest of the crew got through that day knowing they wouldn't see an audience again for some time. How late night adjusted – and became weirder and more creative – after a pandemic year 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Basie, the rhythmically spring-loaded pianist and bandleader, had more than a star soloist in Young, who changed the language of the tenor saxophone. Reissues: ’50s Moxie, ’60s Soul and ’90s Hip-Hop 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s an art about the real-time shifting of feelings, and the bandleader, songwriter and singer Donald Lawrence is alive to that. New Music from Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame 2011-08-08T22:27:29Z But as a bandleader, he finds a way to subvert the incorporation of that sound, or to encourage the band to play against its own type. Tom Harrell at the Village Vanguard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z "We knew we wanted to do a Western," says Maldives bandleader Jason Dodson. Seattle band the Maldives accompanies screening of silent Western at SIFF 2010-05-24T20:21:00Z Domingo, who portrayed the bandleader Cutler in the film adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” looks back at his connection to music and family while growing up gay in the 1970s and ’80s in Philadelphia. Theater to Stream: ‘Broadway Backwards’ and Starry Readings 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Though the rapper has long maintained a laidback public persona, Washington remembers him as an exacting bandleader for a tack-sharp group of young jazz players. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic' A virtuoso who had synthesized jazz-rock, funk and the blues, he was well suited to the task of a late-night bandleader. Kevin Eubanks Begins Life After ?The Tonight Show? 2010-05-30T21:03:00Z Take “Feather Report:” The alto saxophonist and bandleader Caleb Wheeler Curtis started with the sunny melody to “Confirmation,” one of Parker’s best-known tunes, then made drastic alterations to its rhythm. The Playlist: Unreleased Chris Cornell, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z While Colbert succeeds David Letterman, Batiste succeeds Paul Shaffer, who served as Letterman’s bandleader for more than 30 years. Meet Jon Batiste, Bandleader for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Thursday found the former "Colbert Report" host shaving his mariner-esque beard to commemorate his return to the spotlight, and today he released a short video announcing his bandleader, Jon Batiste, in a brief, beignet-laden video. Stephen Colbert names 'Social Music' artist Jon Batiste bandleader 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z But Mr. Vazquez’s work as a bandleader, pushing post-Coltrane jazz and Puerto Rican traditional rhythm to the front of a gnashing ensemble sound, deserves all the recognition it gets. Papo Vazquez, Still Going Strong After 40 Years 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z A founding artist of the trendy electronic music label Ghostly International, Dear is better known as a bandleader, producer and D.J. whose work is steeped in Detroit techno. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Collaborative outfits like that of Ms. Seguine and Ms. Baker are becoming more common, with composing and organizing duties split between two bandleaders. ‘They’re Doing It Out of Love’: The Big Band Rises Again 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z In recent years, he appeared almost every week as a trumpeter, singer and bandleader at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe in the French Quarter. Lionel Ferbos, the oldest jazz musician in New Orleans, dies at 103 “In the Air Tonight” had Nicholas Collins, the bandleader’s 17-year-old son and his current drummer, playing one of pop’s most famous drum rolls ever, which many in the crowd air-drummed along to. Review | Phil Collins may be physically frail, but in concert his hits remain as sturdy as ever 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z “The Distance” features an impressive coalition of improvisers, all serious bandleaders themselves. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Pianist and bandleader George Gruntz, one of the few Swiss musicians to become a jazz star, once had an idea for an eccentric ensemble he called Piano Conclave. Take five: John Fordham's month in jazz – January 2013-01-24T14:39:00Z Original bandleader Jon Batiste called him up to ask if he’d help craft the theme song even before the show went on the air. Louis Cato, TV late night bandleader, offers ‘Reflections,’ a new album of ‘laid bare, honest’ songs 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z It is adopted by bandleaders and jazz musicians who add bold ties in colorful prints. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Making his Tiny Desk debut as a bandleader, Overall and an ace percussion-heavy band used the spotlight of the popular online concert series to strut a few polyrhythmic cuts off his upcoming album “Animals.” Watch: Seattle jazz star earns a big look from popular online concert series 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z But his standing as a brilliant and inventive musician was shadowed somewhat by his reputation as a moody loner, a bandleader who repeatedly struggled to keep his bands together. Jeff Beck, restless and virtuosic guitar hero, dies at 78 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “It was a very small leap from there to Tom Waits,” Posner says, “because if Willard the Wizard could have had any contemporary musician as his bandleader, wouldn’t he have chosen Tom Waits?” At Round House Theatre, a literally magical ‘Tempest’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z He’s even discussed the role with David Letterman’s bandleader, Paul Shaffer. Louis Cato, TV late night bandleader, offers ‘Reflections,’ a new album of ‘laid bare, honest’ songs 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Batiste will be adding White House entertainer to an already long list of roles, including recording artist, bandleader, musical director, film composer, museum creative director and scion of New Orleans musical royalty. Jon Batiste to sing for Macron at Biden’s 1st state dinner 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Batiste, 36, most recently was bandleader and musical director of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” leaving the broadcast after a seven-year run. Jon Batiste to sing for Macron at Biden’s 1st state dinner 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z He fondly remembers his bandleader, Mr. Styles, and their renditions of Gap Band and James Brown staples. 'Listen and weep!' How Grammy-nominated hitmaker The-Dream propelled Beyoncé to even greater heights 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z At April’s Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, the big winner was Jon Batiste, a jazz-funk bandleader with a plum TV gig and critical acclaim but almost zero chart presence prior to the ceremony. 2023 Grammy nominations: All the snubs and surprises 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Cato must balance a lot as bandleader, from picking something for the guest horn players to finding a chunk of a well-known funk song because many in the audience are tourists. Louis Cato, TV late night bandleader, offers ‘Reflections,’ a new album of ‘laid bare, honest’ songs 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The music documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” uses archival footage, never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations to paint a portrait of the jazz trumpeter, bandleader and singer. New movies to stream this week: ‘Wendell & Wild’ and more 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z She and Coco teamed up for a nightclub act that toured the world with bandleader Xavier Cugat. Tina Ramirez, who founded acclaimed Ballet Hispánico, dies at 92 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Louis Cato, who has served as interim bandleader this summer, will take over on a permanent basis when the show returns for its eighth season. Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “I think that’s what makes him such a gifted musician, such an incredible bandleader, and that’s what makes him such a wonderful collaborator and partner for every actor and performer that’s onstage.” Meet the musician instrumental to ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z ‘Renaissance’ reveals a depth of knowledge regarding rhythm and harmony that puts her as an arranger and bandleader on a level with Prince and Stevie Wonder. Beyoncé vows to change 'Renaissance' lyric amid backlash from disability community 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Her performance, in a tribute to the pioneering Black dancer Katherine Dunham, reputedly impressed bandleader Duke Ellington, who was in the audience. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ franchise, dies at 89 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s like a carefully curated library, this whole thing, with an astonishing depth of knowledge regarding rhythm and harmony that puts Beyoncé as an arranger and bandleader on a level with Prince and Stevie Wonder. Review: Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' is a landmark expression of Black joy (and you can dance to it) 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The bandleader often cheered the comedian’s nightly monologue from the piano, appeared in segments and accompanied the musical guests. Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The singer and “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” bandleader had led the field with 11 nominations. 2023 Grammy Awards will return to usual L.A. venue for first time in three years 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Norman wrote an early version of the theme song that was recorded by jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie. Monty Norman, who gave 007 his theme music, dies at 94 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z He noted that Henderson had coached Charles Drew, who went to become one of the nation’s most celebrated doctors, and mentored Duke Ellington, the famed jazz composer and bandleader, in the District. The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Jon Batiste, the bandleader for “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” earned album of the year for “We Are.” Ratings for 2022 Grammy Awards telecast close to last year's all-time low 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z The ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ bandleader took home the last award of the night for ‘We Are.’ Watch the 5 best moments from the 2022 Grammys, from slap jokes to SZA on crutches 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Jon Batiste led the pack with 11 nominations, and the New Orleans-born bandleader and musical director of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” took home five, including album of the year for “We Are.” From Ukraine, Zelensky makes an emphatic appeal at Vegas-style Grammys 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Batiste, 35, the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader and most-nominated artist of the year, won five awards out of his 11 nods, including album of the year for “We Are.” Silk Sonic, Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo lead an eclectic, drama-free Grammy Awards 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Batiste, a jazz and R&B composer who’s also the bandleader on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” is the night’s most-nominated act, with 11 nods. This year's Grammys were supposed to be a return to normal. Then came The Slap 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z A drummer whose bandleader had died too young was now a bandleader whose drummer had died too young. Perspective | Taylor Hawkins understood rock-and-roll as a joyful noise 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z The Cuban-born bandleader, actor and producer is heard here in revealing recordings made late in his life for a never-published second memoir. Review: Amy Poehler's 'Lucy and Desi' is an absorbing look at their complex lives 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Andrews earned his most prominent platform after bandleader Harry James, then married to Andrews fan Grable, asked him to join the Harry James Orchestra in 1959. Ernie Andrews, charismatic jazz singer and mainstay on the Central Avenue music scene, dies 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The actor, who famously starred alongside his wife Lucille Ball as Cuban bandleader Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy," passed away in 1986 from lung cancer at age 69. 'I Love Lucy' stars Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz revealed these final words to each other, daughter says 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Davis, who first recorded as Betty Mabry, got her last name from her one-year marriage to jazz trumpeter and bandleader Miles Davis. This week’s passages 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The song was written about bandleader Chuck E. Weiss, whom Jones eulogized for The Times after he died in July. Joe Rogan loves Joni Mitchell, especially when she sounds like Rickie Lee Jones 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z The bandleader apologized and resigned from the show. #MeToo protest in Amsterdam after allegations at TV show 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Andrews was still in fine voice when, in the mid-1980s, bandleader Rickey Minor entered the scene, Minor told The Times after Andrews’ death was confirmed. Ernie Andrews, charismatic jazz singer and mainstay on the Central Avenue music scene, dies 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Among many of his endurance-based accolades, bandleader Ray Anthony is one of the oldest surviving members of that initial class of Hollywood Walk of Fame stars. The secret to reaching 100? For Ray Anthony, his trusty trumpet and a fondness for bombshells 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In fact, the sound on those nearly 50-year-old tapes stunned Thompson, the Roots drummer and bandleader on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The best music festival in 1969? Hint: It wasn’t Woodstock. 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Her daughter, Naomi, is a professional swing dancer and bandleader. Perspective | His mom didn’t nag when he was a lost 20-something playing video games in her basement. $35 million later, she’s glad she didn’t. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The accompanying 352-page hardcover book is a lavishly illustrated history of bandleaders such as Thomas “TNT” Tribble, “the walking drummer,” and Frank Motley, who played two trumpets at once. Perspective | He fell in love with D.C. R&B as a child and has spent his life tracing every last note 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z This year the composer and bandleader Jon Batiste has 11 Grammy nominations, more than any other artist, and will compete for both album and record of the year. Grammy Awards Postponed Amid Covid-19 Surge 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z And flutist, composer and bandleader Johnny Pacheco, one of a raft of Latin musicians to die this year, spread salsa far and wide. Deaths in 2021: Headline names against the backdrop of pandemic 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Bassist and bandleader Phill Court, based in south Wales, was supposed to be playing in a band for a pantomime this month, but that work has bitten the dust. 'My work has just disappeared' - performers and crew count cost of Omicron 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Speaking to the BBC recently, the bandleader said their next tour will partly be powered by a dancefloor that generates electricity when fans jump up and down, and pedal power at the venues. Coldplay to stop making music as a band in 2025 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The New Orleans native and “Late Night With Stephen Colbert” bandleader tops all Grammy nominees with 11, spread across a dizzying array of genres. For producer Rogét Chahayed, the path to the Grammys included countless piano — and business — lessons 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z On Twitter, people were clowning the 35-year-old singer, piano player and bandleader for his slow cadence. For top Grammy nominee Jon Batiste, music is both birthright and calling. So is protest 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Jazz-R&B composer Jon Batiste, best known as the bandleader and music director for “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” earned the most Grammy nominations of any act this year, with 11. Grammys' expanded awards meant to promote new talent led to noms for Taylor Swift, Kanye West: Report 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z He joined “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” as bandleader and music director in 2015. How Jon Batiste went from 'Colbert' bandleader to 11 Grammy nominations 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Batiste is best known as the affable bandleader for CBS’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” Sorry, Swifties: The 2022 Grammy nominations are filled with snubs, surprises 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z From his early years as a bandleader, Mr. Martino had sought to push his sound in adventurous directions, moving from organ-tinged jazz soul into psychedelic fusion. Pat Martino, revered jazz guitarist who mastered his instrument twice, dies at 77 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z After exploring her own voice across two contemplative albums as a bandleader — 2018’s “Coy Fish” and 2019’s “The Drag” — Hughes sounds invigorated by the idea of getting outside of herself as a soloist. Sarah Hughes is getting inside her sound by getting outside herself 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “I turned to Aimee Mann to find that songwriting could be more sophisticated. She offers an expansive definition of what a singer-songwriter can be, with the very self-possessed nature of a bandleader.” Aimee Mann: 'I have an enormous amount of compassion for people who are struggling' 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “Late Show” bandleader Jon Batiste takes the stage on a new “Austin City Limits.” What’s on TV This Week: Heather Locklear, ‘Halloween Kills,’ country music and more 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Watts was an acclaimed jazz bandleader when he was stricken with throat cancer in 2004. Mick Jagger says Charlie Watts ‘was the heartbeat’ for the Rolling Stones: ‘It’s strange being without him’ 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z As well as being a musician, composer and bandleader, Tony also works as a teacher at The Julian Joseph Jazz Academy and The World Heart Beat Music Academy. 'How falling from a roof inspired me to become a musician' 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” The trumpet player, former “Tonight Show” bandleader and all-around snazzy dresser is profiled in this 2021 documentary. Classic movies in L.A., O.C.: James Gunn tribute, ‘Coming to America’ and more 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z And the octogenarian singer, bandleader and producer said during the interview that he is fine with the possibility of taking his last breath during one of his concerts. George Clinton cancels retirement; you’ll ‘have to drag me off,’ 80-year-old funk legend says 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z I learned a valuable lesson: The bandleader must always know the last joke of a comic. End of a late-night era: 28 years of memorable Conan moments The bandleader — dressed like the other members in his “Anchorman” finery: lapels as wide as landing strips, an exuberance of ruffles — introduces a song he calls “sort of operatic. I hope you enjoy it.” Perspective | Rhapsodizing over ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’: A video from 1976 has exploded online 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z But before he could start his monologue, there was a big hug with his bandleader, Jon Batiste, and there was the audience, standing, cheering, chanting his name. Colbert Returns to Live Cheers and a Lively Jon Stewart 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z There was a hug for the bandleader, Jon Batiste, without any need for social distancing. Stephen Colbert Returns to ‘Late Show’ Stage Before Vaccinated Fans 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z His father was a musician and bandleader under the name Buddy Williams. Buddy Deppenschmidt, drummer who helped spur ’60s bossa nova boom, dies at 85 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The man with the horn: Jazz trumpeter, former “Tonight Show” bandleader and all-around snazzy dresser Doc Severinsen is saluted on a new “American Masters.” What’s on TV This Week: 'The Ten Commandments,' a 'Law & Order' spinoff, the Final Four and more 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z His father, Lawrence Levine, under the name Larry Lee, was a bandleader and pop crooner in Los Angeles during the 1930s; he later returned to Cincinnati, his hometown, to work in his father’s clothing business. James Levine, Former Met Opera Maestro, Is Dead at 77 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In 2012, Beasley was serving as the bandleader for “American Idol” when, out of necessity, he sat down to learn the Sibelius film scoring software. On Sunday, a local session pro-turned-Thelonious Monk disciple could have a Grammys for the ages 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Its marching band, formed under the bandleader James Reese Europe, brought new jazz rhythms to France. African-American Sacrifice in the Killing Fields of France 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z A recording made during this first-generation jazzman’s 1940s comeback that provides proof of how polished and original a musician this trumpeter and bandleader was. W. Royal Stokes has lived a jazz life as unpredictable as the music 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z “This is what I like to call ‘social music,’ ” said “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’s” songwriter and bandleader. With NY PopsUp, Jon Batiste strikes up a band to restart the arts on New York’s streets 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Pacheco, who was dubbed the “godfather of salsa,” was a Juilliard-trained musician and bandleader, but his greatest contributions may have been as an impresario. Johnny Pacheco, musician whose Fania record label launched salsa music, dies at 85 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Disney characters may take on many parts — a bandleader, a giant killer — but unlike cartoons, the Muppets, like all puppets, have actual substance. TV hasn't forgotten the Muppets. And it never should 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z A radio bandleader tries to make a movie, but a producer gives him the runaround. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The bandleader had had triple heart bypass surgery in 2003 and a second heart operation in 2016 when, he said, he’d been given a heart pacemaker but didn’t find the irony at all funny. Gerry Marsden, British rocker who led the Pacemakers, dies at 78 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z That same year the band would be invited to play an opening gig at New York’s Carnegie Hall for the legendary Afro-Cuban percussionist and bandleader Mongo Santamaria. Rudy Salas, cofounder of mainstay Chicano R&B band Tierra, dies at 71 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Pacheco was the talent scout, bandleader and producer who supervised the recordings, which he and Masucci first sold from their cars. Johnny Pacheco, musician whose Fania record label launched salsa music, dies at 85 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z A live European concert and a DVD of Prince’s 1987 New Year’s Eve gig with guest Miles Davis at the then-recently opened Paisley Park are testament to his spectacular prowess as a performer and bandleader. 12 great last-minute holiday gifts: Music and music books 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Alabama Shakes bandleader Brittany Howard, who became the first and only woman to win the category in 2016, is nominated for her solo release “Stay High.” Beyoncé, Taylor, Dua Lipa, Megan: Women dominate the 2021 Grammy nominations 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z The Army takes a bandleader away from his bride and sends him on a spy mission with a woman. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Smith concluded what was effectively a manifesto with a provocative instruction to male bandleaders: “Think it over, boys.” Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z His father was a musician and bandleader, his mother a homemaker. Johnny Pacheco, musician whose Fania record label launched salsa music, dies at 85 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z In an era when the dance bands of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw dominated the charts, Ms. Smith belonged to a coterie of female bandleaders who struggled to gain respect for their musicianship. Viola Smith, swing era’s ‘fastest girl drummer in the world,’ dies at 107 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “Herb Alpert Is . . .” paints a documentary portrait of the trumpeter, bandleader and philanthropist. New movies to stream this week: ‘The Glorias,’ ‘Blood on the Wall,’ and more 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Hal Singer, 100, a tenor saxophonist and bandleader who was among the last survivors of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, died Aug. 18 at his home in Chatou, a suburb of Paris. The week’s passages 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Hibbert was one of a posse of young Kingston crooners and bandleaders working the party circuit at the time. Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Colón was a powerful trombonist and bandleader who, at Mr. Pacheco’s suggestion in the early 1970s, hired Lavoe, a young singer from Puerto Rico. Johnny Pacheco, musician whose Fania record label launched salsa music, dies at 85 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “It was like a laboratory,” agrees Paul Bailey, a trumpet player whose first professional gig as a bandleader was at Twins in 2017. ‘A sad day in D.C. jazz history’: Twins closes after 33 years in the District 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z This Sherman Oaks estate saw its heyday in the 1950s when it was owned by Ray Anthony, the famous bandleader who threw legendary parties at the property with stars such as Marilyn Monroe in attendance. Bandleader Ray Anthony’s former Sherman Oaks party house lists for $5.5 million 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer. Movies on TV this week: 'Dances with Wolves' on Encore 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Toots Hibbert, the charismatic reggae singer and bandleader who helped transform the groove-driven sound of 1960s Jamaica into an international musical movement, has died. Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z They began a relationship and were married in the early ’70s by Shuggie’s father, Johnny Otis, a bandleader and ordained minister, in the living room of the family home in West Athens. Miss Mercy, longtime L.A. rock fixture and cofounder of Frank Zappa's GTOs, dies at 71 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Soon after she arrived in the United States in 1935, Ms. Ross won a talent contest to appear on a radio show with bandleader Paul Whiteman. Annie Ross, mainstay of ‘the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,’ dies at 89 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Charlie Daniels, 83, the singer, songwriter and bandleader known for his brash down-home persona and his blazing fiddle work on hits like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died Monday in Nashville. This week’s passages 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z More recently, he produced “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story,” a documentary chronicling the life of the late “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” bandleader. Television exec bids adieu to Broad Beach compound 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The progressive jazz bandleader Boyd Raeburn, tired of his old charts, asked the young arranger to write new ones, and he did the same for Henry Jerome’s band. Johnny Mandel, composer who gave ‘M.A.S.H.’ its theme song, dies at 94 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Always interested in music and blessed with perfect pitch, at 13 he began taking lessons in arranging with bandleader Van Alexander. Johnny Mandel, film composer who wrote 'Shadow of Your Smile' and theme to 'MASH', has died 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A bandleader takes his radio troupe to a gloomy mansion for a debutante’s risky 21st birthday. Movies on TV this week: 'Terms of Endearment' and more 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z I told my seventh-grader he’s lucky he gets another year with his bandleader. In the absence of the traditional Syttende Mai parade, Daytona Strong’s new ‘Modern Scandinavian Baking’ celebrates heritage, memories and love 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z One of Saturday’s marches was enlivened by a band led by Jon Batiste, bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. New York City curfew lifts early following peaceful protests 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z The bandleader and his entourage entertain troops in Australia, India, China and Egypt. Movies on TV this week, June 7: Mary Poppins; Finding Nemo 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The iconic jazz composer and bandleader passed away in 1974 at age 75. Duke Ellington’s granddaughter explains why he refused to retire: ‘That urgency never left him’ 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z A turning point came in 1959, when pianist, composer and bandleader Gil Evans asked him to help make a record album, “Great Jazz Standards,” which featured Mr. Northern on songs including “Django.” Robert Northern, who, as ‘Brother Ah,’ became a synthesizer of sounds, dies at 86 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z He studied music at university in Los Angeles and, interrupted by two years’ service in the US army, made his name in the jazz orchestra of famed bandleader Stan Kenton. Lennie Niehaus, longtime Clint Eastwood composer, dies aged 90 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Nile Rodgers, producer and Chic bandleader July 4th last year playing with the L.A. The best of the Hollywood Bowl: 24 artists on their favorite Bowl performances 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z He booked Lee to play their venue, the Buttery Room, which is where bandleader Benny Goodman stumbled across her while searching for a new singer. 'I will kill you if you give this song to anyone but me': how Peggy Lee was perfect for Is That All There Is? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Six nights a week, the drummer, curator and “Tonight Show” bandleader revs up his turntables and takes to Instagram. The picture may freeze, the beat may skip but the party goes on with these online shows 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Within the show, Elliot is also a strict bandleader who presides over practices with a meticulous ferocity. ‘The Eddy’: How Damien Chazelle and André Holland captured the bustling Paris jazz scene 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z A jealous jazz drummer at a party tries to make his bandleader think his wife is unfaithful. Movies on TV this week, May 3 - 9: 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It was Roy Milton, a 1940s bandleader and star in the African American clubs of Central Avenue. Bill Gardner spun classic R&B on the L.A. airwaves for four decades. Then came the coronavirus 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “As a bandleader, I’m particularly worried about getting back on my feet as soon as possible,” he says. L.A. boasts one of world's most vibrant salsa scenes. The coronavirus may wipe it out 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z A thrilling “Night Music” performance by the great jazz composer, bandleader and interstellar traveler. 10 inspired, singularly eclectic productions by Hal Willner, music's hippest curator 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z An unknown singer gets his girlfriend’s quartet on bandleader Bob Crosby’s live television show. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 5, 2020 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The lineup included “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story,” about the longtime bandleader for “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” and “Spaceship Earth,” about the 1991 Biosphere 2 experiment. American Dance Festival among events canceled for outbreak 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “He’s a great guy, I love him a lot,” says Billy Vera, a musician, bandleader and onetime radio institution in town himself. Bill Gardner spun classic R&B on the L.A. airwaves for four decades. Then came the coronavirus 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs in the Los Angeles area. L.A. boasts one of world's most vibrant salsa scenes. The coronavirus may wipe it out 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Ms. King suggested that he tinkle the piano belonging to Mr. Colbert’s bandleader, Jon Batiste. ‘Today’ Show Goes On, With a Homebound Savannah Guthrie 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z A Manhattan bandleader and his wife cannot be married, according to his Hollywood contract. Movies on TV this week: Feb. 23 — 29: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z As the old and new guards faced each other, impassive under their bearskin hats, the bandleader raised his baton. Harry and Meghan Give Up Royal Titles, Forgo State Funding 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Boots Smith, the slimy bandleader; Junto, the nightclub owner, so dastardly that he makes Boots seem like a gentleman; Jones, the building superintendent, who sneaks into Lutie’s apartment and fondles her underwear. The Street: the 1940s African American thriller that became a huge bestseller 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “Jimi was our bandleader once,” she says, a reference to their appearances together at the New York club Ondine, another casual fact of her life. Ronnie Spector: ‘I love #MeToo and Time’s Up – because men’s time is up’ 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “I call myself the bandleader but that’s because I book the band.” Alloy Orchestra shakes up the sound of silent films 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The legendary Brazilian bandleader joins forces with the singer-songwriter for an evening of new and classic tunes. 7 best things to do including L.A. Opera's animated 'Magic Flute' 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But in the concert scenes, watching him in this evocatively lit, rustic space — his raggedy rock star light dialed down to a burnished troubadour glow — he masterfully strides both qualities: solitary storyteller and bandleader. Review: Bruce Springsteen's poignant ‘Western Stars’ provides a guide to the damaged soul 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The Queens of the Stone Age bandleader is not making music at the moment but plotting a bit of absurd comedy with filmmaker Liam Lynch. After 16 years, Josh Homme rekindles the 'Desert Sessions': 'This will outlast everything I do' 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z A bandleader, a dancer and a band enroll in college and put on a show in the gym. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s a Sunday night after rehearsal assembled by trumpeter, cornetist, composer and bandleader Bradford. An L.A. jazz legend pays homage to Jackie Robinson, with a pitch from a library assistant 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He’d been a strict bandleader and had often hurt my feelings by singling out my incompetence. “Wide Spot” 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z With his first quartet album as bandleader out in September, single ... 50 great tracks for September from Normani, Tinariwen, Miley Cyrus and more 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Documentary profiles the iconic and iconoclastic jazz trumpeter and bandleader. New movies in L.A. this week: 'Official Secrets' with Keira Knightley and more 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z A country girl comes to town to sing opera but meets a bandleader instead. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Filmmaker Patrick Meagher credits Fowley’s musical longevity to the bandleader’s unflagging optimism — a theme that runs through “King: A Metal Life,” a documentary currently in production and slated for release in 2021. King Fowley, frontman for Deceased, is death metal for life 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Under the direction of 95-year-old saxophonist and bandleader Marshall Allen, the group upholds the spirit of its visionary jazz namesake with an ecstatic vision that makes its sprawling live set an absolute can’t-miss. Best live music in L.A.: Dudamel, Queen, Mekons and more 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Musical artists like Sun Ra, the eclectic jazz musician, composer and bandleader who infused his work with futuristic and space themes.. To Seattle’s black artists and activists, the space race showed distorted priorities and utopian possibilities 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z But as she sat at the Steinway midway through her 10-song set, it was clear that this young woman, not yet 30, was not merely the singer but the de facto bandleader. Aretha: Her story was in her songs 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z |
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